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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351702#Comment_351702Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:06:52 -0500Miranda's EyesTake a look at "Leviathan," a documentary partly directed by one of the guys behind "Sweetgrass." It's set in and around a fishing boat at sea, but the setup isn't as important as how the film chronicles the workers, Nature, and the relationship between them. Trailer and official Website are all in one place.

No idea how hallucinogens would change the experience of watching the film. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351860#Comment_351860Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:08:57 -0500fleckyThe best films I've watched lately have been Mysterious Skin and Shame. Both were, for me, excellent.

Stuff I've had to watch again because I needed them: Blue Velvet and Bubba Ho-tep. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351865#Comment_351865Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:15:01 -0500manglrUpstream Color ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351875#Comment_351875Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:50:18 -0500William Joseph DunnAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351882#Comment_351882
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351882#Comment_351882Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:18:46 -0500tapheadMeanwhile, I finally saw "Synecdoche, New York", and oh boy. All of the previous Kaufman films have retained a very delicate balance between darkness and a glimmer of hope, and at least some characters tend to come out on top at the end. Not so here, it's just one very slow inevitable decay for everyone. A collapse of the mind and the body, of relationships and society.

And it is absolutely wonderful. Philip Seymour Hoffman once again delivers a stunning performance, but that's to be expected, really. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351888#Comment_351888Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:35:15 -0500StefanJ(I had a similar reaction to "Greenberg." Really nicely done, well acted, but it seemed like an awful lot of trouble to go through to profile such an unlikable putz.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=351889#Comment_351889Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:41:52 -0500InvincibleMAlso hella jealous of anyone who's seen Upstream Colour, @manglr. Those small little movies don't usually wind up in my city so I'll probably have to wait until it hits the net or VOD. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352084#Comment_352084Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:56:05 -0500VornaskottiYou can help The Cosmonaut to get screenings in US in Tugg: http://www.tugg.com/titles/the-cosmonaut

The trailer and more information: http://trailer.thecosmonaut.org ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352087#Comment_352087Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:55:02 -0500TF

IRON MAN 3 - Shane Black did a great job with it (and it works as a reasonable adaptation of Warren's extremis run - I thought "President Ellis" was a nice nod to the man.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352089#Comment_352089Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:20:12 -0500Flabyo

'The Five Nightmares'

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352266#Comment_352266Wed, 01 May 2013 04:58:52 -0500Ben Gwalchmai
Iron Man 3's big, funny, event cinema and I enjoyed it. It was an interesting satisfaction coming out of the cinema because I went in with the knowledge I was in safe hands. It felt like I'd been given over to trustworthy craftsmen and they'd guided me through the process with ease and comfort.

I'm So Excited on the other hand had me dancing out the cinema in some sort of unexpected euphoria like a drugged character from the film. It's a utopian vision in a way and all utopias are critiques of the context they're created in. I can't recommend it enough: touching, beautifully shot, and bitingly funny. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352368#Comment_352368Thu, 02 May 2013 22:53:19 -0500VornaskottiAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352398#Comment_352398
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352398#Comment_352398Fri, 03 May 2013 17:54:57 -0500twentythoughts
little bit eventually... And I mean just a LITTLE. For its running time, it moves along surprisingly briskly, and I was never, ever bored. It's big and just smart enough and loud enough, and it actually benefits from being part of the whole Marvel movie universe rather than that being a distraction. Some reviewers have complained about the finale being too... big, but I loved it.

Going to be interesting how they do him in the next Avengers movie. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352461#Comment_352461Mon, 06 May 2013 12:04:53 -0500William Joseph Dunn
There is a twist that at first thought was clever that I later thought was a missed opportunity. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352471#Comment_352471Mon, 06 May 2013 14:13:36 -0500fleckyTrying to find the correct time to watch The Place Beyond The Pines. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352476#Comment_352476Mon, 06 May 2013 15:02:57 -0500William Joseph DunnAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352527#Comment_352527
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352527#Comment_352527Tue, 07 May 2013 22:46:23 -0500InvincibleMIt was good, I kind of want to watch it again. The score was very cool. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352528#Comment_352528Tue, 07 May 2013 23:18:51 -0500johnjonesI know what you mean, but I rather liked it. What strikes me as funny about the Iron Man pictures is the counter-intuitive solutions that are presented for the heros problems. In Iron Man, Tony Stark feels guilty that his company makes weapons, some of which end up in the wrong hands. So, he creates a far more powerful weapon, the Iron Man armor to solve the problem. In Iron Man 2, his power source is slowly killing him, so he discovers/invents a far more potent energy source and that fixes things. In IM3

Tony is haunted by the idea of losing himself to the armor, so he remotely activates an army of Iron Man suits to defeat his foes.

Given that trend I look forward to the following conversation if they ever do the "Demon in a Bottle" story.

Pepper: Tony, you're an alcoholic.Tony: I know, Pepper, but I have a plan.Pepper: What is it?Tony: I'm going to beat my alcoholism by smoking an absolute shitload of crack cocaine! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352535#Comment_352535Wed, 08 May 2013 09:29:54 -0500Ben Gwalchmai
BIGGER BETTER BOLDER BADDER - that may not be the message of the films, really, but they play on it and enjoy it. I think their thing is always 'Tony's smarter than you, he'll out-think and out-make you' so do that in anyway which makes big ass explosions seem fairly harmless.I go with it, it's another universe, it's fun.

@Vorn - Cloud Atlas was one of my favourite films recently. I've watched it a few times now and really enjoy it. It's a marmite situation.

Off to see Spring Breakers tonight. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352537#Comment_352537Wed, 08 May 2013 10:21:59 -0500Miranda's Eyes
Spring Breakers. Even with the eye candy for both sexes, it will either leave you bored or set off your "wrong" alarms quite a few times...yet makes you enjoy it.

Room 237 is worth a look, especially if you know people who have theories about the "secret meanings" of pop culture artifacts. I couldn't suppress chuckling as the film's five subjects (never seen onscreen) explain how Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" did everything from act as the director's confession that he faked the Apollo 11 Moon landing to serve as a metaphor for America's wiping out of the Native Americans. By the time the documentary ended, it left me less willing to take certain cultural academics seriously in the future.

Much Ado About Nothing was Joss Whedon's entertaining modernization of the Shakespeare comedy. Having grown up watching situation comedies, the film reminded me that what Shakespeare meant by comedy was not presenting a joke every minute. Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker were okay making Benedict and Beatrice a feuding duo, but they handled their physical comedy bits much better. Nathan Fillion as Dogberry utterly nailed his character and was outrageously funny whenever he showed up. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352538#Comment_352538Wed, 08 May 2013 10:31:14 -0500William Joseph Dunn
This should have been the introduction of a major Iron Man foe. I don't feel we got that here especially with the twist reveal of The Mandarin. At first I thought the reveal was kind of funny, but later I thought I would've much rather had a magic vs technology battle between Iron Man and the Mandarin. Maybe some Fing Fang Foom monster action too. I also thought it was disappointing that they totally backed away from Tony's alcoholism. I get it that this is a multimillion dollar Disney property that has to sell toys and Happy Meals and they can't make the character go that dark, but looking at it from a film making standpoint, it doesn't ring true. Especially since Tony is still freaked out about what happened in New York. For the first time, Tony doesn't understand his world. I think that alone would send him back to the bottle. If they had The Mandarin as a real villain with magic at his finger tips, even more so. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352573#Comment_352573Thu, 09 May 2013 08:07:41 -0500Cat VincentBen Wheatley's next film, A Field In England is getting an experimental all-format release - theatrical, DVD, VOD - on 5 July.After his splendid Kill List and Sightseers, I was sold anyway - curious to see what the multiple-format experiment holds. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352717#Comment_352717Mon, 13 May 2013 01:53:37 -0500Ben Klumaster
within torpedo range of Kronos to within falling distance of Earth?I also think they shouldn't have bothered with the

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

- it felt like it was in there because it had to be, rather than because it was suited to any of the actors. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352725#Comment_352725Mon, 13 May 2013 07:39:00 -0500johnjones
http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/2-kirks-a-khan.html ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352804#Comment_352804Wed, 15 May 2013 11:49:08 -0500Ben KlumasterAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352805#Comment_352805
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352805#Comment_352805Wed, 15 May 2013 12:03:14 -0500Vornaskotti
The Cosmonaut, and I'm blown away. The film was haunting, evocative and beautiful. The visuals were incredibly beautiful and followed the Soviet film traditions in a wonderful way, the visuals were great, I loved the casting and the acting in general, and the storyline. It went to my top-5 scifi films list. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352811#Comment_352811Wed, 15 May 2013 13:37:57 -0500Ben Gwalchmai
Star Trek Into Darkness twice [once in 2D, once in 3D] aaaaand I can report that 2D's brighter [yup, even with that trailer] and crisper.

Also, I enjoyed it immensely. Good times. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352827#Comment_352827Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:52 -0500VornaskottiYeah, I admit, I'm a sucker for that exact style, had my sweet spot poked at pretty deliciously by the film :)

Bloggery:

The Cosmonaut – Beautiful Evocative Art Sci-Fi For And From The Internet Generation ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352895#Comment_352895Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:59 -0500William Joseph DunnAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352898#Comment_352898
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352898#Comment_352898Fri, 17 May 2013 14:42:19 -0500TFI thought they made very good and clever use of the new parallel universe to develop the Kirk/Spock dynamic set up in the first movie. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352937#Comment_352937Sun, 19 May 2013 04:26:04 -0500Vornaskotti
http://en.cosmonautexperience.com/watch_it_now ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352945#Comment_352945Sun, 19 May 2013 21:54:53 -0500DavidLejeune
profoundly dumb. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=352964#Comment_352964Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:04 -0500Miranda's Eyes
Star Trek: Into Darkness, io9's Rob Bricken has you covered. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353062#Comment_353062Wed, 22 May 2013 23:04:25 -0500InvincibleMSo much just sort of happens without any logic to it or with such a leap in logic that it may as well by magic.

I've paid for worse movies though, I will admit. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353121#Comment_353121Sat, 25 May 2013 11:44:08 -0500WesleyCraigGreenThe next movie I'm looking forward to seeing is the new Ben Wheatley flick, A Field in England. Haven't seen Sightseers yet but I loved Kill List.

Wesley ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353141#Comment_353141Sun, 26 May 2013 09:34:18 -0500Cat VincentSightseers was less fun for me than Kill List - though its portrayal of the bleak loveliness of Northern England was marvelous, and parts of the comedy were pitch-black nasty fun, the base concept was just too Mike Leigh-like for me to really get behind. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353214#Comment_353214Tue, 28 May 2013 18:32:15 -0500WesleyCraigGreenHey- thanks for the input. I've got Sightseers on the playlist for maybe this weekend. Might double-bill it with Kill List but that might be too much bleakness.

Wesley ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353227#Comment_353227Wed, 29 May 2013 01:59:42 -0500Osmosis
Sightseers but tonally it's different to Kill List, which I found almost suffocating. To tack onto @CatVincent's last post, there's a trailer for A Field in Englandon the Film4 website now. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353336#Comment_353336Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:06:06 -0500Ben Gwalchmaiyes please. I've loved Michael Smiley in almost everything I've seen him in and Reece Shearsmith has deserved a great role that can prove his chopsworth for some time so let's hope this lives a great and weird life.

Saw Grave of The Fireflies for the first time recently and cried like a child while watching it - twas worth every tear.

@TF - that's what I'm expecting but I'm intrigued by Gemma Arterton and Sam Riley as actors. They're sometimes amazing, sometimes terrible. I'm hoping this will give them something that proves my theory and I've yet to see the young Saoirse Ronan in something where she has a lead role. Fingers crossed. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353382#Comment_353382Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:21:44 -0500Michael WayneBut this has been an interesting summer for high-concept. All of the top stars have their own individual high-concept coming out, and there hasn't been a flop yet. Downey scored big with IM3 and Cruise delivered with OBLIVION. GATSBY had more special effects than it ever should have but DiCaprio brought the team home.

AFTER EARTH underperformed this week, but it should make its money back. The fact that Will didn't take top billing and acted against type was always going to hurt it. If he had made the I AM LEGEND prequel instead it would have banked.

WOLVERINE and ELYSIUM are slam dunks for Jackman and Damon.

THE LONE RANGER looks atrocious, but we'll see. It has a very low common denominator. Depp picked the wrong year to gamble.

WORLD WAR Z will answer the question of whether there's a market for PG-13 zombies. Some of the set pieces are reportedly amazing. If Pitt fails to get anybody to care, well, that's what happens when you start filming without a script.

Overall, though, this is a big win for movie stars, who just a couple years ago looked like they might go extinct. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353466#Comment_353466Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:46:35 -0500Miranda's Eyes
here. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353606#Comment_353606Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:45:26 -0500Ben GwalchmaiIts problems are also what make its greatest strengths: it's an iceberg of a film. Mythos, new broods, new luscious understandings and perspectives on the nature of immortality, new takes on the myth, excellent questions around maternity and paternity, new political & economic understanding of [definitely related to Camus'] the outsider - all in all, very interesting. Certainly the thinking teen's Twilight.

Just never quite had me hooked enough into it to stop thinking about things outside it.

@longtimelurker - I'd hold off on announcing a big win, were I you sir. Oblivion was a fairly pedestrian film with every turn it took being flagged about 20 minutes before; After Earth is absolutely painful to watch and I'd really rather kill M.Night Shamealot than watch another of his films; the jury's still out on Wolverine and Elysium - I agree that both look to be potentially brilliant but the advertising campaign for the former does itself no justice and the latter is an unknown; it's possible that World War Z will be the tipping point, with others scraping by as Oblivion did, where we'll be able to see.The interesting thing - if we're to talk money for a moment - will be seeing which does well on non-theatrical release when the DVD, blu-ray, digital-downloads are out. I'd be very surprised if Oblivion did anything nearing what Gatsby will do.

I saw Behind The Candelabra yesterday in a hungover need for something funny and it was beautifully done - damned surprising too. I thought it would be far more focused on comedy but it's entirely tragicomic and beautiful for it. Both leads should get some serious kudos. Soderbergh's final film is fascinating because it underplays all his usual cinematic ticks and tricks - it feels homely and funny and caring. I'm unsure of its reach but its rewatchability is through the roof. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353613#Comment_353613Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:53:59 -0500Cat Vincent
Hanna, rapidly. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353614#Comment_353614Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:44:32 -0500twentythoughtsIt IS a really weird movie. It's really slow in places - I felt like checking how much time there was left a few times during the movie - but man, does it ever pay off in the end. It gradually gets you used to its weird, symbolic way of showing the main character India's emotions, so that when the big hitters come, if you've been paying attention you Get It so hard.

I don't regret seeing it, 'cause it stuck with me. But I do completely understand those who simply find it TOO pretentiously arthousey. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353628#Comment_353628Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:43:22 -0500Michael WayneI guess I'm just more easily impressed than you are. You are a man of refinement and taste. I paid money to watch PAIN AND GAIN, so that should tell you about my taste (or lack thereof.)

Purely from a money standpoint, OBLIVION is Cruise's biggest movie outside of his MISSION franchise and WAR OF THE WORLDS. Visually, it is stunning, and his performance is worthy. Don't forget he's playing a pilot in this one, so his fans will buy a copy. No, it won't outsell GATSBY, simply because there are more high school English teachers than wannabe pilots. ;p

I was surprised that you would call ELYSIUM an unknown. Details have been kept under wraps so as to avoid spoilers, not because of a lack of interest. It's directed by Neill Blomkamp. DISTRICT 9 shored up over 200 mill released in August, without any big names. The audience for this type of science fiction is growing, I think. And the action premise is right in Damon's wheelhouse.

Do you honestly think a few marketing missteps are going to slow down WOLVERINE?

Did you hear about Pitt's latest troubles? China won't release WORLD WAR Z without a recut. Talk about a cursed project! I read a theory that it's retaliation for SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, but that's nonsense. Chinese censors don't embrace horror, and they only allow so many Western films to play, and the competition is crowded this summer. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353692#Comment_353692Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:36:06 -0500Vornaskottihttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978762/ ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353744#Comment_353744Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:39:47 -0500twentythoughtsOf particular note is the charming but rash, youthful soldier guy who doesn't know how to be part of a team but is a smooth talker who charms the female lead, and who learns Important Lessons about teamwork. They take this particular one to pretty ridiculous extremes, actually, when it comes to the "be a dumbass who doesn't follow orders and thus screws things up" bit.

Also, the movie IS actually surprising - in a bad way - in how black-and-white it is, right from the start. They throw in a brief mention in the beginning about the balance between rot and life, but then they throw that away and make the people in charge of rot into orc-like bad guys who may now be mercilessly and guiltlessly killed off in masses. Instead of, y'know, acknowledging that stuff needs to rot in order for important part of the plant and animal life to thrive.

It gets to the point that they seemingly get rid of the rot entirely. Yeah, good luck with your forest where nothing ever rots now, y'all. Though that might actually make a decent idea for a sequel, if they get off the bad-guys-are-bad-and-evil train.

On the whole, though, it's a perfectly entertaining popcorn flick. And for all the complaints from adult reviewers, it seems that the movie IS a hit with the kids who do watch it. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353755#Comment_353755Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:35:55 -0500fleckyI have to admit I quite enjoyed "The Paperboy" and the sleazy-steamy feel of it.

Why the hell did I bother to watch "The Last Exorcism Part 2" a few days back? Maybe I just feel sorry for that actress in it. Poor chick. Nope - a waste of my eyes.

Good points on Oblivion, Tom does have an impressive fan base and it'll probably see beyond that too - to people unfamiliar with sci-fi tropes like my Mam who enjoyed it.

You might well also be right about Elysium - I didn't know Blomkamp was directing. We'll see.

I think that Wolverine will make its money back, that much is true, but I do think it could fail to make a lot more money if it's a bad film and word gets out. Don't get me wrong, I think it'll make enough money to possibly make another Wolverine film but I have a theory that this could be the beginning of the end.

Man, poor old World War Z - I'm not surprised about the China recut. Apparently their Iron Man 3 has a different ending too.

Good points to bring up.

@ all - Irreversible is the kind of film you watch once and try very hard to never watch ever again. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353804#Comment_353804Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:52:28 -0500William Joseph Dunn
Irreversible again. Part of me still wants to cry when I see Monica Bellucci. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353814#Comment_353814Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:15:38 -0500Flabyo
Irreversible more or less than Baise Moi because I've never felt the need to watch either again... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353829#Comment_353829Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:18:59 -0500fleckyMan of Steel? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353834#Comment_353834Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:57:17 -0500OddcultOwes a hell of a lot to The Authority. Quite dour for a Superman film. Very much 'Superman Begins'.

It really gets that Superman is a Jewish messiah myth by having him face space nazis, which was interesting. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353847#Comment_353847Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:42:06 -0500twentythoughtsI'd argue that it's either the best or second best Superman movie made, depending how well you feel the first Superman movie has aged. Seriously, watch it again without nostalgia goggles on. It's still good, but it could be argued that it's showing its age in not-great ways. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353853#Comment_353853Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:09:49 -0500johnjonesAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353855#Comment_353855
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353855#Comment_353855Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:15:30 -0500Michael WayneHow many great stories does Wolverine have as a solo character, anyway? Origin and Weapon X were already dealt with in his first movie, and the rivalry with Sabretooth is played out, I think. The main villains in Old Man Logan belong to other studios.

Expect future Wolverine films to be set in Asia, and not just because it's a growth market. It makes sense for the character. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353859#Comment_353859Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:11:27 -0500TF
It really gets that Superman is a Jewish messiah myth by having him face space nazis, which was interesting.

This! My Girlfriend got the impression a lot of the plot elements were taken from 1930's comics.

It's a grand, enjoyable movie.

It's also interesting as a catchall for the other big movies of the last few years - as much as it drew from Batman Begins it took an awful lot from JJ Abrams Star Trek, and had lots of "homages" to Avatar, the Star Wars Prequels, Prometheus, War of the Worlds, Iron Man, Thor, The Matrix.... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353860#Comment_353860Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:40:03 -0500flecky@TF: I don't know how I feel about that. There are a few films on that list I really don't care for - Avatar, Star Wars Prequels, Prometheus. I'm not really feeling this JJ Abrams Star Trek thing, either. Anyway, I'll go and see Man of Steel in a few days.

I enjoyed reading World War Z a few years back; all that mental stuff with the Battle of Yonkers, zombies frozen in ice, Japanese bloke trying to escape from a block of flats, solitary bird with her radio set etc. I'm going to go and see it, but with an open mind to avoid disappointment. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353862#Comment_353862Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:12:54 -0500manglrThe only thing World War Z the movie shares with the book is the title. Best to think of it as 'Brad Pitt's Zombie movie' and avoid the comparison altogether. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353864#Comment_353864Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:50:56 -0500Michael Wayne"homages" to AVATAR, STAR WARS, THOR, etc.

That means it's a referendum. Which means it was conscious and deliberate. The creators decided to ask, "where does Superman fit among the popular films of our time?" "Does he still have a place?"

Anyway, going to see it in a few hours. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353866#Comment_353866Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:17:45 -0500William Joseph Dunn
Interesting for all of Nolan's "Batman and Superman don't share a universe" that there was a Wayne Industries satellite. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353871#Comment_353871Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:25:48 -0500Oddcult'Can you read my mind?' ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353872#Comment_353872Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:32:35 -0500johnjones
Man of Steel, but I ran out of time and went to see This Is The End instead. This was a horror-comedy that actually brought horror and comedy. While there was certainly plenty parody as one could expect from actors playing "themselves," there was a surprisingly meaty and sweet core to the movie in the relationship between Jay and Seth. I don't think it's much of a spoiler to say the movie left very little room for sequels, I'd welcome them if they came. Seriously, This Is The End.This Really Is The End.Seriously, No Kidding Around, This Really Is The End. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353873#Comment_353873Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:06:32 -0500TF
The creators decided to ask, "where does Superman fit among the popular films of our time?" "Does he still have a place?"

Sure, maybe - but I find Zack Snyder's work to frequently be on the derivative side (see the Dr. Strangelove stuff used for the Watchmen movie's original material [scenes that there wasn't a comic book panel to reference])

But I found it more cute than anything else 'cause the whole movie has such a 12 year old boy energy to it - and when you're playing with action figures you take bits of other movies for your fight scenes.

@Flecky

To be honest it's not important; they're just visual things/set pieces - nothing tonal and nothing that gets in the way. I was just stuck by the volume of "references" - and the Star Trek stuff is nothing that hasn't been in a thousand other dramas since Aristotle.

@William

Costner and Laine giving the movie some warmth

Yeah, and I think jumping back and forth to them really keeps the movie together.

I suppose officially the satellite is probably just a cosmetic touch, but the movie does fit into the Bat universe in so far as Batman couldn't have helped with Zod and Superman wouldn't have interfered with the Batman movies because he was keeping his head down/ walking the earth. I wonder how much of that was by design, at least at some stage of production.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353875#Comment_353875Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:14:39 -0500twentythoughtsAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353890#Comment_353890
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353890#Comment_353890Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:19:07 -0500Michael WayneOh, there's no question Snyder's derivative. And the original parts of the fight scene were the stupidest (like when Zod swings Supes around by his cape. I kept hearing the line from THE INCREDIBLES: "This is why you don't wear capes!")

It's probably the best Superman movie, but it doesn't have the best Superman, if that makes sense. It doesn't hold a candle to Reeve, although I actually don't blame Cavill for that. It's not his fault Snyder asked him to scream and growl when a little more stoicism would have sufficed. The ensemble supporting cast is excellent, though, yes, even Crowe. They elevated what precious little they had to work with. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353893#Comment_353893Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:02:16 -0500OddcultOr maybe just have one brief scene were Superman says something like 'I have x-ray vision, I know who you are' and Batman tossing him a copy of the Daily Planet saying 'I have spectacles-penetrating vision, I know who you are too' or something like that and then say no more about it, but procede to the ultraviolence. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353908#Comment_353908Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:46:32 -0500cjkogerPretty much what has been said, especially about it being derivative. We kept leaning over to each other saying, "The Matrix, Star Wars, Avatar." It worked well as a Superman movie, with only a couple cringe inducing cheese moments. My friend who really liked it felt it was throw back almost to old comic sentimentality, which he enjoyed in the realm of dark/human super hero tropes (thanks batman).

I thought there were some really great fight scenes - Antje Traue, aaahhh, so badass - and then some that actually bored me. Though at least twice, I wanted to yell, "Blitzen suit!!!!"

My biggest issue was every time Snyder had me in his hand, say the flashback to first getting his powers, he'd ruin it with some overbearing garbage, like say a momma and a baby whale...a fucking whale...

All that said. Probably a solid B because it got some points for being about Superman. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353916#Comment_353916Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:18:35 -0500johnjonesAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353920#Comment_353920
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353920#Comment_353920Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:07:13 -0500fleckyDONE! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=353931#Comment_353931Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:10:33 -0500Miranda's EyesIt's definitely not hagiography. The film admits Broughton had a rough childhood. It doesn't whitewash the pain Broughton caused by being an absent father and eventually divorcing his wife. But at the same time, "Big Joy" eventually winds up being a film about a man whose spiritual playfulness still inspires people today.

The film's official website is here. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354052#Comment_354052Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:24:34 -0500fleckyAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354054#Comment_354054
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354054#Comment_354054Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:59:39 -0500Alan Tyson
got to go see this movie!" The best description of the plot I was given was "OCEAN'S 11 meets THE PRESTIGE" which is accurate both in the way it sums up what kind of movie it is, and it's quite indicative of the quality of the movie.

The actors are clearly all professionals who know what they're doing and are having fun with it. Jesse Eisenberg is no longer the funny-looking Michael Cera clone he was just a few years ago, and you can see glimpses in NOW YOU SEE ME of a pretty great career ahead of him. Woody Harrelson is a very good combination of both funny and just a little spooky, which is perfect for his character as a con-man mentalist. Mark Ruffalo plays strung-out better than just about anybody these days, and he goes through this whole movie looking like he is one spilled coffee away from snapping completely. Morgan Freeman is Morgan goddamn Freeman. It is incredibly and unexpectedly fun to watch Michael Caine be a rich, mean-spirited slug of a human being.

There are some bits that really could be left cut out, I think, which would make the story both leaner and cleaner, but I want to see it a second time just to be sure. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a twist reveal in the movie, and some of the things that I think could be taken out might actually be subtle clues. Either way, the movie's just good enough to see a second time. A few weak points here and there and some slightly dodgy visual effects keep it from getting an A+, but it's a solid A. Give it a shot if you've got two spare hours. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354056#Comment_354056Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:08:36 -0500William Joseph Dunn
then a Justice League movie. jumping right to a JL movie will be too hard to pull off. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354057#Comment_354057Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:25:25 -0500TFThat makes so much sense actually. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354059#Comment_354059Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:22:20 -0500Oxbrow
The Lego Movie... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354070#Comment_354070Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:08:52 -0500johnjones
5 Gum technology? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354072#Comment_354072Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:52:46 -0500TFThen I was all "Why do I have to wait to see this film!!!!!" ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354074#Comment_354074Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:25:28 -0500Magnulus
I fully expected it to look like one of the Lego games, but it actually looks like a LEGO MOVIE, just with more bells and whistles than has ever before been lavished on one. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354104#Comment_354104Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:27:07 -0500fleckyAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354107#Comment_354107
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354113#Comment_354113Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:06:34 -0500D.J.

The Lego Movie is written and directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller, the guys who did Clone High, which is an absolutely fantastic show that everyone who hasn't seen it should watch. They also did Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and directed 21 Jump Street, which are both really funny. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354189#Comment_354189Sun, 23 Jun 2013 07:54:12 -0500fleckyAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354201#Comment_354201
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354201#Comment_354201Sun, 23 Jun 2013 12:20:09 -0500manglrYep, saw World War Z. As most people should be aware of by now, it bears little resemblance to the novel beyond a shared title. If you just mentally re-title it 'Brad Pitt Running from Fast Zombies', you'll probably have a better time. Without the World War Z baggage, it's not entirely horrible, but it's not good either. The PG13 rating hurts from a gore perspective. But mostly, the screenplay is wafer thin. No characters other than Brad matter (in spite of bringing on some nice 'that guy' actors), and the resolution of the plot is laid out like an episode of 'Blue's Clues' in which the dog is popping up to point at the important bits for the benefit of the slowest member of the audience.

The movie really doesn't bring anything new to the table.

And if you want a good modern zombie picture, I always stand by 'Pontypool'. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354208#Comment_354208Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:14:32 -0500Michael WayneAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354210#Comment_354210
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354219#Comment_354219Sun, 23 Jun 2013 15:31:45 -0500icelandbobSo yes i will be off to Watch World War Zed, and probably Man Of Steel later on.

And then I will finally get the chance to see SIGHTSEERS, next weekend. Have high hopes for this film. Everyone I know who has seen it has said nothing but great things about it. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354220#Comment_354220Sun, 23 Jun 2013 16:29:27 -0500StefanJ
Much Ado About Nothing. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354225#Comment_354225Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:15:26 -0500Foamhead
Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem

ETA: Bugger, had a feeling it'd get shitcanned considering it wasn't an official release. Worth looking at if you can find it anywhere, though. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354228#Comment_354228Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:54:02 -0500imaginarypeople ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354231#Comment_354231Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:41:34 -0500Alan Tyson
Man of Steel, just to have seen it. I don't think I will, now. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354233#Comment_354233Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:50:03 -0500imaginarypeopleAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354235#Comment_354235
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354235#Comment_354235Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:39:14 -0500James CunninghamMan of Steel wasn't a movie about Superman. It had Clark Kent, Ma & Pa Kent, Lois Lane, a couple other people, but Superman? Nope, sorry. That guy fighting on screen wasn't him. I think they accidentally made Collateral Damage Man: The Movie instead. At least World War Z had the decency to not pretend it was a representation of the thing it was based on. WWZ was shallow and only had one character on the screen despite the large number of people, but it was pleasant spectacle with some neat zombie bits. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354236#Comment_354236Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:58:28 -0500johnjones
This video pretty much describes what I felt was wrong with Man of Steel-

The best take on Superman that I've ever seen came in Hitman 34.

In my opinion, Max's take on Superman is flawed. Superman is not here to save the world or to rule it. Superman wants to live in the world with us as one of its citizens, specifically one of its American citizens. In the spirit, he's willing to help us. Not save us, especially from ourselves. Not do for us. Not rule us. Help.

For all Superman's power, he's still as fallible and imperfect as any one of us. Superman's strength isn't that his "awesome powerz" let him always make the right decision, it's that his background and family life with the Kent ensured that all the decisions he makes are rooted in a foundation and goodness and decency. Is there a lot of death and destruction in MoS? Absolutely, but it's completely appropriate for the fallout of godlike beings doings battle.

The fact of the matter is that if this movie was about a guy named Clark who learned he was an alien named Kal El and then made the decision to battle his birth people and defend his adopted people (in short, if all the Superman references vanished), most of these complaints would vanish. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354238#Comment_354238Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:04:50 -0500James CunninghamAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354239#Comment_354239
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354239#Comment_354239Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:15:34 -0500imaginarypeopleAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354243#Comment_354243
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354243#Comment_354243Mon, 24 Jun 2013 04:32:39 -0500vandalhandle
I'm a bit tired of superhero/action movies with a big action scene destroying a city at the end as some kind of reward for sitting through forced exposition, being treated like an idiot and product placement, 'man of steeling', 'man of sears', 'man of nikon', 'man of ihop' just a few alternate titles that would not have surprised me. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354249#Comment_354249Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:52:13 -0500William Joseph Dunn"Better Things: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones". Worth watching if you are a fan of Jones' work. It's available to download for $20.00 here:

http://films.myfilmblog.com/req.php?req=static.php&page=better-things ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354251#Comment_354251Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:02:22 -0500fleckyI saw World War Z. I no-longer trust my head to make work out if I'm enjoying all these big-budget films. I'm jaded; tired of watching films and waiting for them to finish. I don't know what I'm saying...

Zombies: I wish I could time-travel to a trashy drive-in in the sixties and be a teenager watching Night of the Living Dead. And feel some fucking fear-and-threat. But It's not going to happen.

Ah, ignore me Whitechapel. I got a headache. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354255#Comment_354255Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:44:43 -0500AlastairAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354259#Comment_354259
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354259#Comment_354259Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:16:53 -0500MagnulusAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354265#Comment_354265
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354265#Comment_354265Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:28:29 -0500TF
I no-longer trust my head to make work out if I'm enjoying all these big-budget films. I'm jaded; tired of watching films and waiting for them to finish. I don't know what I'm saying...

You know exactly what you're saying.

And you're right. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354266#Comment_354266Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:57:06 -0500VornaskottiYeah... the last big budget film I actually unreservedly enjoyed was Cloud Atlas, and that came out right from the blue for me. Then again, it's also based on a novel. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354406#Comment_354406Sat, 29 Jun 2013 02:04:13 -0500StotoAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354416#Comment_354416
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354416#Comment_354416Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:27:47 -0500allanaAt The Movies--April Through Junehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354419#Comment_354419
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354419#Comment_354419Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:47:47 -0500flecky@all: Watching Pontypool was what I needed the other night. A word-virus was indeed like something from a Burroughs novel. Keep the recommendations coming, Whitechapel. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354425#Comment_354425Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:20:28 -0500andyconI will have to look into the short story to see if it adds anything/ explains some things ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11051&Focus=354441#Comment_354441Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:42:13 -0500Osmosis
Green Lantern for theBlade Runner remake/sequel/prequel.